2152.44
Board of trustees of district detention facility.

(A)
As soon as practical after the
organization of the joint board of county commissioners as provided by section
2152.41 of the Revised Code, the
joint board shall appoint a board of not less than five trustees. The board
shall hold office until the first annual meeting after the choice of an
established site and buildings, or after the selection and purchase of a
building site. At that time, the joint board of county commissioners shall
appoint a board of not less than five trustees, one of whom shall hold office
for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three
years, half of the remaining number for a term of four years, and the remainder
for a term of five years. Annually thereafter, the joint board of county
commissioners shall appoint one or more trustees, each of whom shall hold
office for a term of five years, to succeed the trustee or trustees whose term
of office expires. A trustee may be appointed to successive terms. Any person
appointed as a trustee shall be recommended and approved by the juvenile court
judge or judges of the county of which the person resides.

At least one trustee shall reside in each county in the
district. In districts composed of two counties, each county shall be entitled
to not less than two trustees. In districts composed of more than four
counties, the number of trustees shall be sufficiently increased, provided that
there shall always be an uneven number of trustees on the board. The county in
which a district detention facility is located shall have not less than two
trustees, who, in the interim period between the regular meetings of the
trustees, shall act as an executive committee in the discharge of all business
pertaining to the facility.

The joint board of county commissioners may remove any trustee
for good cause. The trustee appointed to fill any vacancy shall hold the office
for the unexpired term of the predecessor trustee.

(B)
The annual meeting of the board of
trustees shall be held on the first Tuesday in May in each year.

A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. Other board
meetings shall be held at least quarterly. The juvenile court judge of each
county of the district, or the judge's designee, shall attend the meetings. The
members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, except
their actual and necessary expenses. The treasurer shall pay the member's
traveling expenses when properly certified.

(C)
When the board of trustees does not
choose an established institution in one of the counties of the district, it
may select a suitable site for the erection of a district detention facility.
The site must be easily accessible, conducive to health, economy in purchasing
or in building, and the general interest of the facility and its residents, and
be as near as practicable to the geographical center of the district.

In the interim between the selection and purchase of a site,
and the erection and occupancy of the district detention facility, the joint
board of county commissioners provided under section
2152.41 of the Revised Code may
delegate to the board of trustees any powers and duties that, in its judgment,
will be of general interest or aid to the institution. The joint board of
county commissioners may appropriate a trustees' fund, to be expended by the
trustees for contracts, purchases, or other necessary expenses of the facility.
The trustees shall make a complete settlement with the joint board of county
commissioners once each six months, or quarterly if required, and shall make to
the board of county commissioners and to the juvenile court of each of the
counties a full report of the condition of the facility and residents.

(D)
The choice of an established
site and buildings, or the purchase of a site, stock, implements, and general
farm equipment, should there be a farm, the erection of buildings, and the
completion and furnishing of the district detention facility for occupancy,
shall be in the hands of the joint board of county commissioners organized
under section
2152.41 of the Revised Code. The
joint board of county commissioners may delegate all or a portion of these
duties to the board of trustees, under any restrictions that the joint board of
county commissioners imposes.

When an established site and buildings are used for a district
detention facility, the joint board of county commissioners shall cause the
value of that site and those buildings to be properly appraised. This appraisal
value, or in case of the purchase of a site, the purchase price and the cost of
all improvements thereto, shall be paid by the counties comprising the
district, in proportion to the taxable property of each county, as shown by its
tax duplicate.

(E)
Once a
district is established, the trustees shall operate, maintain, and manage the
facility as provided in sections
2152.41 to
2152.43 of the Revised Code and,
on and after the effective date of this amendment and notwithstanding any
provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, may adopt bylaws regarding the
daily operation, maintenance, and management of the facility. No bylaw adopted
pursuant to this division may supersede any provision of the Revised Code.